Die Beiden

Sie trug den Becher in der Hand
-- Ihr Kinn und Mund glich seinem Rand --
So leicht und sicher war ihr Gang,
Kein Tropfen aus dem Becher sprang.

So leicht und fest war seine Hand:
Er ritt auf einem jungen Pferde
Und mit nachlässiger Gebärde
Erzwang er, daß es zitternd stand.

Jedoch wenn er aus ihrer Hand 
Den leichten Becher nehmen sollte,
So war es beiden [allzu]1 schwer:

Denn beide bebten sie so sehr,
Daß keine Hand die andre fand,
Und dunkler Wein am Boden rollte.

Translation(s): ENG ENG ENG FRE ITA

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¹ Schoenberg: "gar zu" (and/or Zemlinsky?)

Submitted by Peter Donderwinkel

Authorship

• by Hugo Hofmann, Edler von Hofmannsthal (1874 - 1929), "Die Beiden" [ author's text checked 1 time]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

• by Gerard Bunk (1888 - 1958), "Die Beiden", op. 56 (Sechs Lieder nach Texten verschieder Dichter) no. 4 (1915/6). [voice and piano] [ sung text not verified ]
• by Paul Frankenburger (1897 - 1984), "Die Beiden", from Vier Lieder nach Gedichten von Hugo von Hofmannsthal, no. 3. [ sung text verified 1 time]
• by Robert Owens (1925 - 2017), "Die Beiden", op. 47 (3 Lieder) no. 2. [low voice and piano] [ sung text not verified ]
• by Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg (1874 - 1951), "Die Beiden", 189-? [ sung text verified 1 time]
• by Alexander Zemlinsky (1871 - 1942), "Die Beiden", 1916. [ sung text verified 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• ENG English (Walter Meyer) , copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Walter Meyer) , copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Markham Anderson) , "The two", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Tous deux", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "I due", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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She bore the chalice in full grace

She bore the chalice in full grace
--Its rim was level with her face--
Her pace was light, secure and still,
No droplet from the cup did spill.

His hand, it was so firm and light;
He rode upon a youthful horse,
With casual gesture stayed its course,
Restrained it, quivering, from its flight.

And yet, when from her hand he sought
The chalice in his hand to hold,
The burden was for both too great:

For both were trembling in such state
That neither hand the other caught
And, on the ground, the dark wine rolled.

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• a text in German (Deutsch) by Hugo Hofmann, Edler von Hofmannsthal (1874 - 1929), "Die Beiden" FRE ITA
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Gerard Bunk, Paul Frankenburger, Robert Owens, Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg, Alexander Zemlinsky. Go to the text.

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